U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force CQ Brown Jr. on Friday as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confined to historically create fighter pilots and respected officers as the government ranks on the highest military corps A comprehensive change has been made.
Brown's strike, the second black general who served only as chairman, is sure to send a shock wave through the Pentagon. His 16 months were spent in the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.
“I want to thank General Charles for his CQ’Brown for providing our country with 40 years of service, including as the current chairman of our current Chief of Staff. For him and his family,” Trump posted on social media.
Brown, after police killing George Floyd, public support for black lives led him to bring up feed as the government opposed the “wake-up” war in the military, and Defense Secretary Pete Hager Pete Hegseth had previously speculated that Brown received the job for the game.
His strike is the latest turmoil in the Pentagon, which plans to reduce 5,400 civilian trial workers starting next week and identify $50 billion in the U.S. in a plan that can redirect those savings to fund Trump’s priorities next year.
Trump said he nominated retired Air Force Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine as the next chairman. Caine is a professional F-16 pilot who has served in the active and National Guard and most recently the CIA deputy director of military affairs.
Caine's military service includes positions in Iraq's combat roles, special operations posts and some of the most special special visit programs in the Pentagon.
However, he did not legally determine as a prerequisite for this work, including serving as vice chairman, combat commander or service chief. This requirement can be waived if “the president determines such action in the national interest”.
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Hegseth announced the firing of two other senior officials in a statement praising Caine and Brown: Naval Operations Chief Lisa Franchetti and the Air Force Jim Slife's deputy vice-chancellor.
Franchetti became the second senior female officer to be fired by the Trump administration. Trump fired Coast Guard commander Linda Fagan the day after he was sworn in.
Franchetti is a superficial war officer who has commanded on all levels, leading our Sixth Fleet and the United States Navy South Korea. She is the second woman ever to be promoted to a four-star admiral, and she has made several deployments, including tenure as commander of a naval destroyer and two as commanders of the aircraft carrier strike group.
Prior to becoming associate dean of the department’s staff, the Slife Led Air Force Special Operations Command was deployed to the Middle East and Afghanistan.
“The President and Secretary of State of the Department of Defense should have a general they trust, and the generals that the troops deserve have a general who has a reputation with the officials we have elected and appointed. Although I am disappointed in this case in this case , but I'm disappointed that the results are different.”
Trump asserted his executive authority in a stronger way during his second term, evacuating most officials in the Biden administration, despite many positions aimed at moving from one administration to another.
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Trump supported Brown among key members of Congress and held a seemingly friendly meeting with him in mid-December when the two sat each other for a while in the Army-Navi football game.
After Capitol Hill distributed a series of official lists, including Brown, the fire was on the day of speculation, but especially any one sent to the House or the Senate Armed Forces Committee via any formal notice.
Sen. Roger Wicker, Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, did not mention Kane's name in a statement Friday.
“I thank Chairman Brown for providing decades of honorary service to our country,” Wick said. “I am confident that Secretary Heggs and President Trump will select qualified and have key positions for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Successor of ability.”
Congressional Democratic leaders called for the firing of the shooting in a direct attempt to politicize the military.
“A professional, non-political military belongs to civilian governments and supports the constitution rather than political parties, which is crucial to the survival of our democracy,” said Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed. In the statement at some point.
“For the well-being of our troops and every U.S. elected leader, especially Senate Republicans, this enduring principle must be defended to prevent reshaping the military as partisan forces.”
Brown risked discussing race
Brown's future was questioned at last month's Hergus confirmation hearing. Asked if he would fire Brown, Heggs replied: “Every senior official will review the elite, standard, lethality and commitment to their legal orders that will be legal.”
Heggs had targeted Brown before. “First of all, you're going to be a fire, you know, you have to shoot as chairman of the United Emirates,” he said frankly in the November podcast. In one of his books, he questioned whether Brown had obtained the job because of the black man.
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It has been 30 years since he served as the first black chairman from 1989 to 1993. Although African-Americans account for 17.2% of the 1.3 million active service members, only 9% of officers are black in the 2021 Department of Defense report.
Brown's service as chairman coincides with Lloyd Austin's tenure as Secretary of Defense, which makes it the first time in history that people who play both roles are black.
